productSwitchback to comfort
For lasting comfort through a hard day’s graft on site, the Scruffs Switchback boot is made for demanding jobs. It combines underfoot protection with hard wearing features.
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productRange ensures appropriate glove use
uvex’s glove R & D experts have developed a highly effective glove system to help health and safety professionals identify the correct glove for the right task in the right workplace situation.
productSupertouch appoints national sales manager
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and workwear specialist Supertouch has appointed Mark Spree as national sales manager.
productEveryday heroes competition
Most people have someone they consider to be an ‘Everyday Hero,’ and now workwear manufacturer Ballyclare is is running a competition to give those heroes a chance to be recognised.
productSee better when welding
We all know that welding takes a lot of skill, but it all goes to waste if you can’t see what you’re doing. That’s why Inverter Fusion has introduced a new range of helmets with even bigger viewing panels.
articleEyecare: are your workers covered 100%?
If there is a need for safety eyewear in a particular area of the factory floor, for a particular role, safety managers are erring on the side of caution and making the entire factory floor a safety eyewear zone. Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances, Specsavers Corporate Eyecare suggests that this precaution has an impact on the procurement of safety eyewear.
productThe wearable technology revolution in working clothes
Snickers Workwear has always been renowned for its modern designs, innovative functionality and market-leading fabric technology.
productSafe-use times for chemical suits
Chemical Permeation tests on chemical suit fabric are conducted at 23oC. Yet permeation rate increases with temperature. So if the real-world temperature is higher than 23oC, the permeation rate will be higher than indicated by the test and any test-based calculation of safe use time will be wrong, explains Lakeland Industries Europe.
productReduce sound without distortion
ISOLATE by Flare Audio is a new, patent-pending ear protector for any professional who works in loud environments. The ear protectors are said to rival traditional foam or flanged ear plugs and are also suitable for home and other commercial uses.
productBullet resistant vest
Official test reports now confirm PPSS Group’s new NIJ Std 0101.06 Level IIIA Bullet Resistant Vests also offer protection from full contact shots, which form a fundamental part of the infamously stringent German Police as well as FBI Body Armor Test Protocol.
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